On Aug 8, 2009, at 4:45 PM, kharness@illinois.edu <kharness@illinois.edu
wrote:
Bert, Will the above 18 label carry connotations of the movie ratings: adult content? These ratings may not be in use world wide, I don't know. I think age is adding an unnecessary and complicating bit of information. Kathleen
I really do think "target age" is useful, particularly as we try to convince teachers to use Etoys in the classroom . . . any time we can save them as they look for relevant examples will help increase Etoys usage.
Also, ranking will be a factor here as well. The education team will rank projects in the featured section, so the exceptional projects can stand out. Being able to see the best projects for ages 8 to 12 is very useful.
Tim